The lecture delivered on Thursday at the said center by the distinguished industrial engineer Mr. Bofill, concerning the applications of the telephone and the microphone, was very much to the liking of the members who filled the assembly hall of the Athenaeum. At half-past eight, or shortly thereafter, the session opened, and from that hour until after ten o’clock, the lecturer spoke of the telephone and its numerous and necessary applications to all walks of life. He demonstrated the advantages of the telephone over the telegraph, for the former can be operated by everyone without the need for any manner of apprenticeship; so much so that, unless one be maimed or mute, as the speaker noted, all may avail themselves of the telephone. He conducted a detailed examination of the discoveries of Alexander Graham Bell, who with his battery-less magneto-electric telephones took a giant step in the difficult problem of the transmission of speech; he described other magnetic telephones, including that of our compatriot Bonet; he praised the Edison system, for the celebrated North American has achieved the perfection of telephony, which today can be applied over great distances without fear of the voice growing faint, and he concluded by explaining the microphone and its applications.

(As published in La Provincia)